Improved apparatus tor distilling spirituous liquids



O.LUGO. I APPARATUS FOR DISTILLING SPIRITUOUS LIQUIDS.

No. 73,539. Patented Jan; 21, 1868.

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ORAZIO LUGQOF NEW YORK, N. Y, A SSIGNOR TO JOHN F. COLLINS, OF SAMEPLACE.

Letters Patent 1V0. 73,539, dated January 21, I868.

IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DISTILLING SPIRITUOUS LIQUIDS.

Be it known that I, .ORAZIO Luce, oi the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a. new and improved Apparatus for DistillingSpirituous Liquids; and that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists, first, In an apparatus for theproduction of a superior class of spirits, by means of a eurreutofolkalizated or alkalinetted air introduced into the distilling-apparatuswhile the process of distillation is going on; second, in having betweenthe still and the condenser a column provided with receivers oranalyzers, with enclosed rotating and stationary fans; and third, inhaving attached to an alcoholstill an apparatus for collecting andproducing others.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation,

Figure I is a longitudinal section of my distilling-apparatus.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section of one of the receivers, P.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A, air-pump; B, air-pipe; C C, steam-pipe; D, perforated bottom; E, ironvessel; 1: 'F' G G, air-pipes; K, fecdingpipe; K, disehargepipe; H,steam-jacket; I, still; J, perforated bottom, connected with the airpipeF; L L, thermometer; M, goose-neck; N N N", connecting-pipes; O, rotaryfans; 0', stationary fans; PP P cylindrical receivers or analyzers; Q QQ", geared n'heels, to communicate motion to the fans 0; R R 1%",water-tanlts; S S S, traps, stop-cocks, and returning-pipe; T, pipelending to the condenser U;

V, stop-cock, where the finished spirit is received; W, receiving-box;W, leaden still; I", goose-n trap; Z, escape-pipe; X X X steam-pipe andworm; a b e (Z c f g It i j l m n, water-pipes.

The operation is as follows: The-still I is filled to aboutthrcc-fourths of its capacity, and steam is admitted into thesteam-jacket H by means of the steam-pipe C, the vessel E having beenfilled about halt full with a strong solution of caustic soda or causticpotassa, or their equivalents, -.ivhich is heated by means of thesteanrn pipe C. The. nter stop-cock at vZis opened, and the condenser Uand the tanks R R" R filled with water. The condenser UJis also filled\rituwater, and tho leadcn still W filled about half full with sulphuricor otbcr desired acid, and a little heat applied through the steam-pipeX. As soon as the thermometer indicates a temperature of about 190Fahrenheit, the air-pump A is set in motion. The stop-cock at F is setfull open, "and that at G about one-fourth. open. At the some time, thefans 0 are set in motion. and. the distillation proceeded with. Thealcohol is received at the stop-cock .V, of any desired strength andpurity, hysiniply opening or closing the water-cock at cl.

Experiments liave shown me that when I blow air through a strongsolution of a caustic alkali, the air and vapors come off charged withalkuli,(test, red litmus-paper turns blue,) and when I introduce thevnporsso charged into the distilling-apparatus, I obtain spiritsperfectly neutral, and free from fuscl oils, acids, or others.

The function of the rotating and stationary fans 0 O is to throw all thevapors against the inside surfaces of the receivers or analyzers P, thisform having proved a valuable appliance for improving the quality of thedistillatcs, besides being very efi'ective as analyzers. When thecurrent of air passes at'l, it is still charged with alcoholic vapors,and in order to collect them, I pass the said current of air through anacid in the still, W, and thus change the alcoholic vapors into ether,collecting t resome at V.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

'm willg into a distilling-apparatus a current of alkalinettcrl air,substantially in the manner described and set forth. v

2. One or more receivers or analyzers between the still and condenser,having enclosed rotating and stationary fans,-for the purpose describedand set forth.

3. Producing, in connection with, or continuation of, the process ofdistilling alcohol, ethcrs during the same operation, substantially asdescribed and set fort-h.

ORAZIO LUGO.

Witnesses:

' L. A. Summer, E. L. GoLLnvs.

